rap2@vuse.vanderbilt.edu (Alan Peters) (06/30/91)
I posted this message a week or so ago and got no responses. I am posting again
in hopes someone will help me.
I must acquire the following software for our imaging lab. I have looked for
and found no reviews. I will not buy a software package on the basis of
publishers claims alone.
If any one in this group uses either a paint program or a 3D object modeler
on a sun workstation would you kindly respond?
E.G.: "We use FooPaint by RetroSoft and find it quite good." (OR unacceptable
or whatever.)
1. A paint program -- We need a pixel-oriented program
(like Deluxe Paint for the Amiga) that permits image compositing and
touchup as well as from-scratch drawings. (Surely the lowly Amiga does
not have better software of this type than the mighty sparcstation!)
2. A 3D object editor -- We need a program that will allow interactive
creation of 3D objects to be rendered using sunvision. Sunvision itself
has no such editor. There are a number of these available for the Amiga
e.g. Impulse's Imagine or NewTek's LightWave 3D. We need something
similar to this for a sparcstation. Sunvision has a renderman interface
so an object editor that creates renderman output would work.
(Are all the fantastic 3D pictures that I have seen created by typing
in lists of numbers?)
Q: What programs are available either commercially or for free distribution?
Who are the distributors? What are the prices?
Q: Which of the above are the best? Are there lists of functionalites available?
Are there reviews available?
If anyone is so good as to reply I will post a summary to this group.
Thank-you
Alan Peters
Asst. Prof. of Electrical Engineering
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN 37235
(615) 322-7924
rap2@vuse.vanderbilt.edu